NUMBER 4.29:.
ibilfltfiiflliilflMltu-Mliilllfllé
IinquiriuuLemullpleriluluruls .
Illsurhsliuiiuuss ill liuwluud ill.
' lludliuuld HIIII HI Hawaii
‘Wuulsiapl W l. Meters iiilli W.
H. HugrdISun To Sell
The recent acquisitions of valuable
and extensive oyster. farms, by Andrew
Radel along the Connecticut shore from
Rowayton on the south to Milford on
the east have aroused no- end of specu—
lation and old drums in the business
hardly know what to make of the snow.
cessful invasion of Mr Bade] into their ‘
ranks, says the Bridgeport Farmer. ~
. When he first became one of’ em it we
on a fairly modest scale, andI many
they were who predicted at that time
that he would not be a slayer, profess
ing to believe that a your Oi two in the
business would be 's‘uiiicie‘nt to cool
his appetite, and that the inevitable re-
sult would be his withdrawal. a sadder.
but wiser man‘.‘
But it seems that the prophets have
proven themselves to be of the stuffed
variety. Mr. Radel has not only stayed
but like the Topsy of Uncle Tom s Cab-
in fame. has "gt-owed up in the night"
until it can no longer b'eI said of him
that he is in the infant industry class.
It is not too much to say that today
Mr. Radel is perhaps the largest indi-
vldaal oyster planter and grower in
the world. That means something, for
there are sump heavy oyster concerns
Indeed it is' ekt'remely doubtful if there
is any single corporation that controls
as much‘ of the mollusks as be.
Mr. Radel has gone steadily to the
front in the oyster business. When
others were wondering what was best
to do he was taking advantage of their
inactivity and making hay While the
sun shone. As a result he has acquired
hundreds of acres of the most valuable
oyster farms- to be ha . e waters.
He has superintehd
he has prdd‘l‘luedy And
he has «acqu red the properties alone
and Without outside aid. The supposl.
tion that he represented a sylidicate of
Wealthy men h? erroneous. He has giv-
en a great den of attention to his ovs»
tor business since he first became in-
terested in its development. Of the
plants lately acquired by him those
of the H. Rowland Oyster Company, of
South Norwalk: Captain W. H. Hoyt
& Son. and Captain W. Il Stevens, of
Rowayton, are among the more promi-
nent.
The purchase of the Rowland con-
cern gives him a fully. equipped plant
with valuable dock properties and a fine
substantial opening, house and the
steamer Medea. The ground of that
concern which passed into his posses:
sion, lies among the Norwalk islands
and in Oyster Bay. The opening house
is‘one‘ of the largest of its kind in
, these parts and during the season is al-
J ways kept busy.‘
The Hoyt interests are likewise valu‘
able, and in conjunction with Captain
Stevens’ will give Mi.’ Radel a clear
Mrs Sltphrnll. Ferris Halli Hula-
quIlIu auburn l’uslcrduu
, The eighty- ninth
birthday of Mrs ,J
{tom her neigh-
, 'ildren. Rev.
save the other bui
I stored .I the Soil , '
P stodico as Second (I' J
fight or
lguilt
vy storms
come to cause "
moon- and bur i.
0n 1 it!
J on II. An In
I , harmony show
:3 3fine anal I aiu need
we a a in} ricos that
our boy the 0 er , air work.
The season -
, is favor-
able will odb J ‘3 .
tAt the meeting .
Paul's Church
cure to cbutinuo as
uror of St.
Paul’s Mission after J '
church but. nothing
determined upon. "‘
lluIIluIITs Dru—I; llutl lluurl
mums ilumul __'
The residents in t
little village of Row
from their slumbo '
log, by the cries
riedly donned cloth! ‘
Rowayton ayeaue,‘ to:
W Bartlett’s dru
apartments above,
uoTluily quiet
. or re startlet
' J his mom-
The. hur-
all 11.1: It was
it,J owing to the
othlng who to be
done. but to let it um and try and
go nearby.
cfn ‘datlon and
striifWresbIIrned to ‘* J"
l ' ‘ ,
Mr. Bartleit and family have been
in Brooklyn all winter. and consequent»
ly there was nothing in the drug store
but the fixtures and a small stock of
goods. When in Rowaytoxuhe resid-
ed over the stole. All his furniture
was in these apmtments. it is not
known what amount of insurance was
carried, but it is thought that the build-
ing, which was owned by Captain Ed-
ward H. Smith, and the contents was
fully insured.
John Brundage, who resides across
the street from the drug stone. was
awakened about i o clock by flashes of
light on the windows of -his bed rodm
He heard a crackling sound and knew
that there was a fire. Quickly dress-
ing, he aroused the other members of
the family and. rushed from the house
shouting “fire" at the top of his voice
Several boys. who appeared later. ran
through the streets warning everbody
that there was a fire. In a very short
time. men, women and children were
on the scene, and a bucket brigade
formed. Two wells nearby were
pumped dry in trying to keep adjacent
buildings from burning. The creek
' was then resorted to, and luckily it
was high tide and there was plenty of
water. J
Someone ran to the residence of Mrs
M. M. Guider and had that lady tele-
phone to South Norwnlk for the fire-
men Box 3, situated at the corner of
Washington and North Main “streets
was rung in and forty-two firemen re~
sponded. A special car was brought
down from Jthe car barnaJiu Norwaik.
and the fire laddies were taken to Row-
aytcn at full, speed.
. In the meantime about half the pop-
ulation of .Rowdyton was working in
keeping other buildings from burning
The house of Mr. Brundage caught on
fire five or six times. as did also George
Vincent’s residence It was thought at
one time that it would be impossible to
save the latte'r place, as the tire got be-
tween the clapboards. and it was nec-
Jessary to rip them off and use consld
erable water to extinguish the flames
Nearly an of the furniture was remov-
.‘ Jed from Mr. Vincent's house. ’A. Dib-
ble’ 3 grooery on the north was not dam-
aged. The residence of Archie Mlllé
was also in danger. at one time. ;
The firemen arrived about 3 o'clock.
but it was then too late to try and
save the doomed structure The chem
loci were brought into use and small
hand pumps were worked vigorously in,
putting streams of tram the. names ‘
The large chimney on the burning
J' Lbut di h d'1 ‘
- HeuIrullulIur
. ing eight hours per day. He started in
MuSsMquiug
Huul‘s T lquIru—iillul Willi W luk—
by People Ilnd Their Families
PruIIIinIIIII Hitters Ill Nuiiuuul lir-
uunizulluus llIIIuIIg Speakers
' [lrrheslrul Music Hull ’Herepliuu
III Hihrruluu Hull inlluw
Hoyt‘s Theatre was filled to its capa-
city, last night, with men. women and
children, who went there to hear what
might be Offered in the intemsts of la;
bor. That nearly every one in that
vast audience wasn laboring man or
woman there was no doubt, for the
different speakers wcré loudly applaudJ
ed when at certain points in their
speeches, the interests of the working
class were strongly advocated.
The affair was held under the nus- '
piece of the CentraIJIabor Union, of
South Norwaik, and was carried out to
the satisfaction of all. About one hun-
dred union men were seated on the
stage platform. - Previous to this the
Musical Union’sJOrchestI-a, of twin.
places, under the direction of Frank
Svec, (list-cursed sweet music until i
brought forth applause and cries of
"more.’
Gustave Pitzer. president of the Nor»
walk Union, called the meeting to or
der and announced that John J. O’Neil
state organizer of the Federation of La
bor. of Connecticut, .would be the
chairman of the evening. Mr. O'Neil
rated that they were there for the pur
pose of agitating the Union label, and
to induce the different organizations tc
Iome‘together for their welfare. He
then introduced the first speaker of
tho‘evening, Eugene S. Odell, president
of the executive board of the Carpen
ters and Joiners of America.
Mr. Odell did not talk so much about
the union labeluas he did of unlonisn.
in general. and the advocacy of work-
by asking who kneiv who tlie first b
nos agent 'Ilwn king (1 cg to
m :tated' the noses was fire Isl"
Inessngent. lie eat on to state what
was Ilene in Bibe times. when King
Solomon's temple was being construct-
ed, saying that a labor organization
,yvas formed. and that it took from that
time to the present to discover that
eight hours was a day’s work. “it is
high time that we laboring men woke
up and see to it that eight hours cou-
atitutes a day's work." said the spenk~
or. “it has been proven by statistics
that the laboring man does more. work
in eight hours than he does in nine. In
this country of och~productlon it is
absolutely necessary to reduce the
hours of labor.
. “We'll say there are 10, 000 people in
this city who start in tomorrow morn-
ing to work an hour a day less than
heretofore. That means 10,000 hours,
and 10,000 hours more work for those
unfortunates who are unemployed. I
say that it is absolutely necessary to
reduce the hours of labor, in order to
avoid riots and clamoring for the neo-
essities of life."
Mr. Odell dwelt at some length on
working eight hours and stated that it
gave one hour more for study, and that
the working class needed Iication.
but that very few hadthfime to
--9--‘ 7.:
)
(Continued on Second
Funeral ill
III. luguu.
Services Helms adorn ill
Home in Sheridan Park
lieIIIuius Lunreuul Tu llrmultul
Sunday Bu Suririirs
CHICAGO, March 14——Tbe funeral
services over the body or former Gov-I
ernor John P Aitgeld will take place
at his late home in Sheridan Park this
afternoonIJ the Rev. Frank Crane of
the [People’s Church, officiating. The
losses of Cook county courts will at--
tend in a body; all courts adjo
,acoompanled by the pull bearers;
or ii escort the body to the public li-
brary building. where it our lie in
J state from 10 a. m. until-10
deli th' ‘
payments for the estate in this Ecouuly
are hot liable.»
-, that any legal transfer of the property
was made from the administrator to I
, fox-ring the p ‘ party to himself as gust.
upsets for the plaintiff Judgo‘ John:
man of luxury a ,
is centered Bold!
does not help tiltit
meat. It is th'é Ill .
faithfully serve the! and generaJI
ties. with a constan nded ol- to help
others and bull
unselfishness.
amid hardthlnu
that helps the 'w
tor for others ,
the life of the as
log faithful she
it, bet
a Such was
deceased nine
service. Ala
vilsuperior court
of the min
a and an
as in nharge.
J jfrom
eitort on the part '
of the impaired e .
bondsmen yestetdp
ago. a railroad cabin
was In Maine died y itt' South
Norwalk in June, 189 while engaged“
upon work for the Nb
ven & Hartford 1
On the. 16th 0
Maine, was a both
do.
Whitehousc filed a report With the Nor
walk probate court and it ivas accept
mi.- The report showed that the es
tale after just debts had been paid
amounted to about $7.000. payable to
Mr Savugo' a two orphan boys, Charles
W. and James who resided in Port-
land.
Several months after making his re
port to the Nor-walk. court Whitehouse
made an application to the probate
court of Keuebec county. Maine, to be
appointed guardian of the two bms.
This appointment was made. Shortly
after the lawyer transferred to him
self as guardian the. funds which he
held as administrator.
Matters went along for a few months
and than Whitehouse applied to the
Norwalk probate court as administra-
tor for p mission to turn over the
money to imself as guardian as the
laws of this state require. But it does
not appear that any further move was
made in accordance with the law.
About two years later it was dis
covered that Whitehouse was insol
vent.
and Thomas J. Lynch was appointed
in his. stead. The latter was also
named as guardian in this county and
given permission to bring suit to re
cover from the bondsmen.
Mr Lynch first made a demahd up-
on Whitehouse but was unable to se-
cure a pearly it was found that White
house was not only short the funds
of this orphans' estate but was also
in arrears on other estates, on one
to the amount of $16. 000. J
it was then that action was brought
in this court to recover from the
bondsmen who live in this state. It ap-
pears that since the bond was signed
John Hines one of the suretles died
and Edward Hines has been appointed
administrator of the estate. The latter
is made one of the defendants in this
action. l,
The defense is that Whitehouse misJ
appropriated the funds as guardian
and not as administrator. If such is
the case it is held'that the defendants
The plaintiff denies
the guardian.
The trial was commenced when the
court opened. Most of the evidence
was offered by deposition and in the
form of documents. The only question
in dispute betwben the parties is the
legality of Whitehouse' 3' sets in trans ‘
mI'lilorx‘ner congressman-
H. Lie
walkufor the defendantsy , .
side are more seats.
'- ed a large number of interested spools
W. Whitehouse, a are of Augusta. I
I. quickly hustled“ tot J
He was removed as guardian ‘
- i a I
lit and John J. Walsh of Nor- 3““ w“ “‘c "'3 m “n 6”“
alumna Cuuuril llIIIl Hounuuu ll
Mrmheollbkullinlmuresaun
The Tarball llIquI'u Filed Wilh ‘
in drurarullru iuduutr
ted IlIIIIIquI Ilnd l’rulesaunul Tuluul
III HIllrull This
it is without precedent for a neuter!”
ant governor to act in the capacity of
riugmaster in a circus” but the state
of Connecticut enjoys the distinction
of having one and the special privilege
belongs to Notwaik.’ for Lieutenant
Governor Edwin 0. Kecier performed
:the outlet; of this position in a credit-
able! manner, last night in the state
Ialmory.1‘ J
" it is a genuine old fashioned circus
and is being given for threoi nights.
with a Saturday afternoon matinee.
under the auspices of Company D,
Fourth Regiment Chane‘cti'cut Nation:
at Guard and Sherman Council Royal
Madonna and under the direction of
Alexander A Duchemin of New York.
All the spacious armory cor ndt
occupied by the ring and t e hippo-
amine track and side shows; is utlllz
ed with seats. 0n the west side rise
tier after tier of reserved circus seats
while on the east side are the boxes
daintily decorated with green and
white. tasking a pretty effect. on this
At the back end
of the armory are. the customary circus
seats, known on the baseball'field as
the “bleachers. " The gallery contain
tors last night All the other seats
in theh hell were well filled. .
The fun began about 7: so. Peanuts
and pink lemonade wore-V hawked
about and onset looking countrymen
picked their wily around ‘whil'oJ Jsu'spIc
io’bs charact six with l k of approach
When the list
they were
or by the
ter became-too hos
“dailies.” imuch
mi. as. I ,
ere was a ring lu't'lis
hall, and well filled with sun (lust.
and there were five clowns who made
tentative excursions into this ring.
getting up collective and individual
fun, scoring quite a hit. They were
very grotesuue and being cognizant of
the fact that they would be recognized
by but few in the audience, they were
not afraid to let themselves out.
Previous to the opening of the main
circus the side. shows did a rushing
business, nearly everybody taking in
everything Some time before 8 o’clock
the band began to play circus music
in regular old—fashioned style and
shortly after 8:30 the grand procession
started. First came the burlesque hand
and in succession followed the chem-
pion stubborn mule. the clowns.
freaks barkers. savages. jockeys. the
elephant and the remainder of the am
ateur performers with few exceptions.
All Went well until about half the
truck had been traversed, when the
male. true to his nature balked and
finally refused to budge. He was tak
(Continued on Second Page.)
--STCP THAT COLD J
or it may result in Pneumonia. Bra-
zilian Balm is breaking up Colds when
ever tried almost without exception.
10 25 50c and 81.00 bottles. The Chi
ford. Baxter’ s or Plaisted’ s.
Weui Hill Miles
ill i’lllulu Slick
Huusus [lily Hill—{Will Made Wu-
gar, Hourly Died During Trip
SIIIIIIII Will lluIIII ill WuIer III
TIIII .Puuurls iii truckers I
CERCACO March lt—Biiied. as a
sack of potatoes. 8 young man has or-
lived in Chicago from Kansas City
tied up in a Back For three days and
a half he has been confined in the
each and during that? he has travelled
close to seven hundred miles in a
freight car, The' sack which covered
fruit
ease.
The traveller. who is Martin Klaus-
digger. in Kansas City, was nearly
furnished when as was out from his
prison at the and Northwest-
Will
I last night.
SECRETARY NCRNTS RESIGNS.
Leave thMe L1ocli Y. M. c. A.
my mJ -
General Secretary James H. Norris,
of the local Young Men's Christian
Association, after a little over twa
years of service, has tendered his res
Ij ig‘natlon to take effect May 1, and the
same was accepted by the Board of
Directors at a special meeting hold on
Wédnesday night.
fSecrctary Norris intends to return
to his home in Ohio. During his stay
here he has done efficient work and
made many friends and the departure
of himself and family will go generally
regretted.
Two BOOTBLACKS FlGi-lT.
There was a lively time in front of
the railroad depot in Wall street you
terday afternoon. The ‘_.‘dummy" ital
I ian boothlack and another Italian _.
young man became mixed upiixi a fro-f I
can and both have well marked cm»
as reminders of the occasion. From
what could be learned it appears taut
the "dummy” accused the other boot
black of stealing some shoe polish and
the accusation was forcibly resented.
Quite a crowd gathered before the at-
fair ended.
Huuses has ill The life iluI’
Sirius injury Ill IlWounu
There Were Mauullihel Hur-
ruw Esuupes From Slruulure
MQUNT VERNON, N: If March 14
-‘J~Fli-e that destroy/ode ' ,Jandtlfiofllt:
building at North Pelham this morn
ing caused the loss of one life. an
the serious injury of a second person
There were many narrow escapes
The dead
Edward Yocum, thirteen years old .
a newsboy.
Mrs. Yocum, the
solemn pea
brouv t to therMount Vernon boom
The burned Ibubdlns was .a to
sip frame strgture. Thegr nd
known. There was a very high wind
blowing and the flames spread witi
great rapidity. The inmates of tilt
building had no‘ time to dress and
many of them had to jump from winJ
dows to escape the flames. So far as
known the only person who was at"
iously injured in this way was Mrs
Yocum. She appears to have been cu‘
oil.’ by the flames from her son’s room.
and was unable to arouse him. Th'
boy was burned to death in his bed
Mrs. Duane who was rescued iron
the burning building, is in a precarious
condition. Shortly after being rescued
she appeared toIbe sinking rapidly, and
after a while it Was thought she was
dead, but she subsequently revived.
All the contents of the building were
destroyed. including the registered let-
ters in.- the post office, and all other
mail matter. The total loss is estimatJ
ed at about $20 000 and is partially
covered by insurance
REFINING COMPANY BURNED Oll’T
PHILADELPHIA, March ,14.—The
refining building of the lndlan Refiniur
Company manufactures of cocoa but-
ter was destroyed by fire this morn
ing. There were 100, 000 pounds of oi' - -
in the building. Loss $60, 000, fully in
sure'd.
DEATHS AND FUNERALS. V
, Nathan Gar-rich. Run Over by the Cars
in Da‘rien, Dies of Injuries. J
Nathan Garrish, the colored veteran
who was found lying beside the rail
road track. near the Darien depot, yes
terday morning,.with one of his feet
crushed in a dying condition, expired
The deceasedwas a mem
ber of Company A. Twentygnlnth Regi-
ment, Connecticut Volunteers. The
funeral will be held tomorrow after
noon and interment will be at Spring
Grove Cemetery. -‘
I Mrs. Cornelius Elwood died, last
. night, at her home, 42 orchard street
The deceased is survived by her has
band and two sons. One of the latter
resides in Buffalo N Y. and the other
in Cleveland 0; The funeral arrange
ments will not he decided on not"
their arrival 'in‘ Norwalk. -
John H. Mellin, who has been in a
critical condition at the Town Farm
ribs to acute tuberculosis, was yester-
day removed to the Norwalk Hospital
where he died- last night.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Paul took
place at 22-30 o'clock this afternoon
from her late residence No 8 Grove
Street. South Noiwalk Rev. Paul
PURSUIT OFI
British Soldiers Goth. ,Iu
Members of Moon's Coin
.HEHJBRON, Orange tibia
Tuesday. Marohv tin—.00
Meats, with the flailpron.
oers, broke through th
Wolvehook' Jbloohh nob ,
burg last night
pursued for sev'o ,
known only one floor am
this were captured Thor.
umns. Iduring the course of
suit of' Commandant Meats
scattered parties of Booms a
fit ty men.‘ ‘
A dispatch to the Associate
from Hoilb'ron Tuesday. Mar
bounced that it was reported a
oral De Wet and Vice music
crossed the main railroad ii
the night of Mdrch 9, five mile
or Wolvehoek going west.
W '
J CARD or: THANK'a I
We feel, at this time. that‘ _0
can express the sincere grutl
our hearts for the wonderful'k
shown by friends duringtho,
days of trial: but Godflkh n,
and we leave it with Him; wh -
pay each one in His ownIbe
With heartfelt thanks
‘ MRS. ALERED PLAT.
AND FAMILY
w:
understands horses to drive ‘
wagon and to live
lddrcss Delivery, ,
.Iess; also a chambermald'
fess; Apply at use: And
W'est avenue, So. Norwalk.
. .Ighest references.
Sentine Oiilco
w ' e .
families. How the blaze started is not
TO Len—roan 0-. s: 2
.vcnue. inquire (If Titian. H. P
I? Cove avenue, East NorwalkII- m"
‘IJO Lfil'.—huuatu Damn.
argc garden and fruit. trees chicken
cop and chicken run. Inquire of Mr
eith North Taylor Ave.
to Lara—HOUSE, i5 LIVINGSTON
St, Seven rooms; bath, and all im-
provements. Inquire. 74 West avenu
mlz 1w
""‘Fo LET—TWCWFLINE demon
under Lockwood’s Hall. Apply to K.
it. John Lockwood. 11110
To LET~THREE NQOMS NO
.Iiaviland St, rent 37. inquire of Old
Well Cigar Co.. 83 Washington St., at»
\orwalk , f26‘
T0 LET—FIRST ANT) SEOUN
doors, 16 Orchard St., sewer conne
tions. Inquire in rear of AD 0r 1
St. I
v6 LET—FROM APRIL "1s
basement and second and third floors"
Knapp. 82 West St.
TO RENT—N0. 8 MADISON §T
all modern improvements, sav'
rooms. Taylor & Golda
TO LET—FIRST
Woddword avenue five rooms Sto'
I‘ormerly of Raymond Ill: Son, in Mus
Hall Block. suitable for grocery or any
other business. Houses and buildin ‘
etc for sale. Easy payments.
to E. A. ‘WoodWard. ’
FOR SALE—TWO CARRIAGE
one business covered wagon, one I‘d
cart one double harness and pol
cheap. Enquire W Hiiisdon, 6 millili”
beth St ‘ .
FOR SALE-Jilin} FINE 13in
lot situated at corner of West A
and Crescent street. 60 feet on W
avenue, 150 feet on Crescent 3-.
Will sell 110‘ feet on Green
desired. All improvements
streets sewar water ad alk
a few choice smaller
Place. All improvemon I
Enquire o'fE. Adams. JI JJ ‘
FOR SALE OR '1'
Pepper coal yard at 30W,
reasonable. Enquire
Hoyt’s Theatre Bull
Moore Strs‘yer onlciated and interment —-—--—~
took place in the Norwslk cemetery.
The pallbearers were Marshall H.
Tolles John H.‘ Jll‘errio", Jacob M. Lay-
ton and Edward Beard
The funeral of Andrew Patterson.
We _ of
‘ father of Mrs. Alba
Maple street. Norw
Jaeob M. Layton, Railroiid
Nor-walk. coon. I .
EOE SALE-#10 3!.”th
$50 each. .High and m G?
’6‘ Howard Ave. East No
tam will be a
interment
FOR SALE—TO CLOSE“ IAN
tots—4WD! sell the val,
consisting of the lands: M" m
Norwalk Chronicler